Mark Waller/The Times-PicayuneA Jefferson Parish School Board meeting last year

The board also could vote to hire accounting firms to conduct a forensic audit of the system and an analysis of overtime practices, looking for ways to improve its money management.

It could decide to recruit 10 to 15 teachers in high-need areas through the New Teacher Project, a national group that places career-switchers into teaching jobs.

It could move an April parent conference day, when children don't attend classes, to March 26 to avoid having an off day for students during standardized testing week. And it could rename Bridge City Elementary for its first principal, Mildred S. Harris.

The meeting is at 5 p.m. at Alfred Bonnabel Magnet Academy High in Kenner. A series of committee meetings focusing on facilities, insurance and legislative issues begin at 3 p.m.